Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Mentor Arts matches artistically inclined youth with creative adults for long-term mentoring relationships based on friendship and a mutual love of the arts.

Art can serve as a vehicle to build intimate relationships and to develop self-awareness. Through modeling, children are able to observe and learn life skills. Through encouragement, support and consistency from a caring adult, kids learn to trust others and to believe in themselves. Mentoring helps build self-esteem and over time can help adolescents make safe and healthy choices.

A mentor is a caring adult friend who devotes time to a young person. Mentors are not teachers and they aren't substitute parents. Nor is a mentor a disciplinarian or a decision maker for a child. A mentor's main purpose is to help a young person define individual goals and find ways to achieve them. At Mentor Arts, those goals often (but not always) have an artistic dimension. As well as making art together, matches spend there time together in a variety of ways. Recent examples include re-potting plants, swimming at the YMCA, getting a shake, walking along the lake, inventing games and then playing them.

The most important requirement is a desire to commit to working with a young person on a one-to-one basis. There are periodic trainings that each mentor will be asked to attend, as scheduling permits.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Burlington City Arts

We need volunteers who are free at these times Weekly This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Young Adults (18-25) Volunteers will work with the following groups Adolescents (13-17) Refugees/Immigrants Homeless Students Low-income / Poverty Young Adults (18-25) This volunteer opportunity addresses the following social interests Arts & Culture Family Support Job Skill Training Homelessness Children & Youth Mentoring Services Community Development Museums & Cultural Heritage Education & Technology We are looking for volunteers with the following skills Performing Arts Photography Arts & Crafts Recreational Activities / Sports Companionship Teaching Mentoring

Contact Person: Melissa Stiebert, Volunteer And Community Programs Manager, (802) 865-9163, (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

149 Church Street Burlington, VT 05401 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.burlingtoncityarts.com

Miscellaneous Information

The volunteer is supervised by
	Melissa Stiebert
Does the volunteer supervise others?
	Yes
Number of volunteers needed:
	20
Minimum number of hours required (specify per day, week, month, project)
	8-12 hours per month
The minimum age for a volunteer is
	20
Is parking available?
	No
Is there a cost for parking?
	City
Does the agency reimbuse volunteers for parking?
	No
Does the agency provide meals for volunteers?
	No
Is this volunteer site accessible for those with physical disabilities?
	Yes
Is this opportunity appropriate for court-ordered service?
	No
What screening procedures are required?
	Application, Interview (phone or in-person), References, Background Check (VCIC, DAD, SRS, FBI)
Is this opportunity appropriate for a home-bound volunteer?
	No
Is a supervisor readily available to answer volunteers questions?
	Yes
The volunteer work takes place in this county:
	Chittenden County

Last updated on September 30, 2009